Freedom via Love

There's this kid in my youth group.. I won't say his name, but kids here will surely know who I'm talking about... we had a karaoke party last night at a friend's house... it was a small group thing, not a youth thing. His family was part of it, so he was there, and he was just a goofball.... He doesn't care. He can be goofy and it's OK. He's not concerned about what people think.

I got thinking about it. He's that way cause there's no question, anywhere in his mind, that his parents love him. It's really pretty spectacular!! It frees him up so fully!! He's able to just BE himself!!

What if we fully knew how much and in what ways God loves US!!?? Think about it... if parental love frees us in life, how could God's unconditional, full love free us!! What if you weren't concerned about proving anything to God?? See we talk about understanding God's unconditional love, but do we live that way?? Cause I bet, just like this kid in my youth group, that if we fully trust God's love of US, it'll show in how we live!! There'll be a freedom you've perhaps never experienced before.